City Council Minutes - 05/21/2020 City of Tigard
City Council Special Meeting Minutes
May 21 , 2020
1. SPECIAL MEETING
A. At 5:45 p.m. Mayor Snider called the virtual Tigard City Council Special Meeting to order.
B. City Recorder Krager called the roll.
Present Absent
Councilor Newton ✓
Councilor Lueb ✓
Councilor Anderson ✓
Mayor Snider ✓
Youth Councilor Turley ✓
Council President Goodhouse ✓
C. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items—There were none. Councilor Newton
commented that she was pleased that Tigard's Public Safety Levy passed.
2. DISCUSSION ON STATE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY PLANS FOR RE-OPENING
Mayor Snider said he called this special meeting because he wanted council input into a decision
he has been asked to make. A group of mayors in Washington County desires to push the
governor to open sooner than the county is requesting. He has been asked to join the effort and
add his name to a letter. He described the various points of discussion. Washington County will
submit their reopening request and plan to the Governor tomorrow. A group of mayors has
discussed requesting that the Governor approve the request on the same day it is received. Some
want to request that she approve Washington County on Tuesday,May 26 and another group
wants May 29, seven days after the plan will be submitted,which is in line with many other
counties. Some feel June Vis the right timing.
Mayor Snider noted that this is a complex issue, both from a health and safety perspective and the
potential political capital expended by pushing up the date. He personally preferred Friday,May
29,but asked if it was worth it to push hard for May 29 rather than June 1. He noted that neither
Beaverton nor Hillsboro have weighed in on this so the other two larger cities in Washington
County have not stated a preference yet.
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Councilor Newton said she was concerned about opening too soon and there may be confusion
about the date. She was curious why Washington County wanted that extra weekend before June
1 and Mayor Snider said he did not know. Ms. Newton said her expectation was that it should not
take any longer than with other opening proposals.
Councilor Anderson said opening this Friday would be crazy. He talked to downtown business
owners today and they were excited to open on June 1 and had been planning, aligning staff and
getting ready for that date. He asked why Tigard didn't just say we would open when Washington
County gets it done. Mayor Snider said the question was whether he should sign a letter urging an
earlier opening. Councilor Anderson said he did not think so.
Councilor Lueb said she wanted to balance the business needs and open as soon as possible but
for communication purposes a clear date was better. The Tigard Chamber is working hard to get
information out on how to open safely and opening tomorrow would mean chaos. She did not
think the city needed to participate in arguing for three fewer days.
Council President Goodhouse said he differed because many businesses have been preparing to
open and he proposed opening as soon as tomorrow or Monday. He said the sooner the better
and encouraged expediting the opening.
Mayor Snider asked the other members if their position had changed and Councilors Anderson,
Lueb and Newton did not support anything other than working with the Washington County
timeline. He said it was not a perfect solution but did want to talk it through and find out what
Council supports and if there was a consensus.
Council President Goodhouse said there is already going to be a phased opening because
businesses that are ready could open immediately and those that are not will open later. A week
and a half can make a big difference for some businesses.
3. NON-AGENDA ITEMS There were none.
4. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:03 p.m. Council President Goodhouse moved for adjournment. Councilor Newton
seconded the motion and City Recorder Krager conducted a roll call vote. The motion to
adjourn passed unanimously.
Yes No
Councilor Newton ✓
Councilor Lueb ✓
Councilor Anderson ✓
Mayor Snider ✓
Council President Goodhouse ✓
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Carol A. Krager, City Recorder
Attest:
Jason B. Snider,Mayor
Date: 8-25-20
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